Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda
This study investigated the link between women’s empowerment dimensions and dietary diversity for children in Eastern Uganda, emphasizing the role of empowering women in improving their children’s nutrition. A cross-sectional survey involving 445 households with children aged between six months and...
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| author | Shimali, Fred Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi |
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| description | This study investigated the link between women’s empowerment dimensions and dietary diversity for children in Eastern Uganda, emphasizing the role of empowering women in improving their children’s nutrition. A cross-sectional survey involving 445 households with children aged between six months and five years was conducted in Bugiri and Iganga districts, Eastern Uganda. The project-level women’s empowerment in agriculture index tool (Pro-WEAI) with an add-on module on dietary diversity was used to collect data to measure the different dimensions of women’s empowerment. Dietary diversity was measured through a 24-hour recall method, according to FAO guidelines (2010) for categorizing food groups and generating dietary diversity scores (DDS). Results indicated an average DDS of 5.77, showing medium dietary attainment for children. There is a positive association between women’s control over income and spousal respect, and dietary diversity scores for children. Women with control over income were more likely to provide diverse diets to their children. Social support networks of group membership and autonomy in income also promise to improve diets for children. However, women’s inadequacy in attitudes toward domestic violence and workload were significantly and negatively associated with DDS for children. This study highlights that women’s empowerment plays a vital role in promoting dietary diversity and improving child health. Findings emphasize the need to prioritize interventions that empower women to reduce workload and have control over income to enhance child nutrition, for attainment of the SDGs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1370652024-01-05T02:18:43Z Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda Shimali, Fred Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi gender agriculture research women's empowerment children diet diversity This study investigated the link between women’s empowerment dimensions and dietary diversity for children in Eastern Uganda, emphasizing the role of empowering women in improving their children’s nutrition. A cross-sectional survey involving 445 households with children aged between six months and five years was conducted in Bugiri and Iganga districts, Eastern Uganda. The project-level women’s empowerment in agriculture index tool (Pro-WEAI) with an add-on module on dietary diversity was used to collect data to measure the different dimensions of women’s empowerment. Dietary diversity was measured through a 24-hour recall method, according to FAO guidelines (2010) for categorizing food groups and generating dietary diversity scores (DDS). Results indicated an average DDS of 5.77, showing medium dietary attainment for children. There is a positive association between women’s control over income and spousal respect, and dietary diversity scores for children. Women with control over income were more likely to provide diverse diets to their children. Social support networks of group membership and autonomy in income also promise to improve diets for children. However, women’s inadequacy in attitudes toward domestic violence and workload were significantly and negatively associated with DDS for children. This study highlights that women’s empowerment plays a vital role in promoting dietary diversity and improving child health. Findings emphasize the need to prioritize interventions that empower women to reduce workload and have control over income to enhance child nutrition, for attainment of the SDGs. 2023-10-11 2024-01-04T12:47:10Z 2024-01-04T12:47:10Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137065 en Open Access application/pdf Makerere University Shimali, Fred; Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo; Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi. 2023. Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda . Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. Makerere University |
| spellingShingle | gender agriculture research women's empowerment children diet diversity Shimali, Fred Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda |
| title | Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda |
| title_full | Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda |
| title_short | Women Empowerment and Children’s Dietary Diversity in Eastern Uganda |
| title_sort | women empowerment and children s dietary diversity in eastern uganda |
| topic | gender agriculture research women's empowerment children diet diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137065 |
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